Don’t be caught un-awares.
Big game hunting application deadlines are looming.
Complete your applications soon.
*UPDATE*
Non-resident’s guide to hunting in the western U.S. from biggamehunt.net.
The Sportsman Channel has released their list of the 8 ‘Sportsman Presidents’ and Teddy Roosevelt tops the list.
“In honor of Presidents Day, the Sportsman Channel has released its Great Eight list of “Sportsman” U.S. Presidents. The list is online at thesportsmanchannel.com and at facebook.com/sportsmanchannel where users can vote for their favorite. The Great Eight include Theodore Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, George Washington, Herbert Hoover, Andrew Jackson, Chester A. Arthur, Dwight Eisenhower and Calvin Coolidge. Even though all eight have a background in the field sports with rod and gun, I believe that Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt will always be the most renowned Sportsman and President that ever lived.”
“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”
Bass Pro Shops is having a President’s Day Sale and that means up to 50% off.
Capt. Dave Schauber of Sawyer Fishing Charters specializes in striper fishing in the Chesapeake Bay.
The Sawyer does lighthouse tours, bay cruises and tours, as well as tours of Maryland. There are even recipes for your catch. Need to have fishing reel repaired? The Captain will do that, too!
Operating out of Hooper’s Island, Maryland, your port of call is a worthy destination in and of itself located south of Cambridge, MD.
Stripers
In California Legal Carbines parts 1 and 2 we examined Legal Standard Rifles and Legal Rifle Modifications. Now we will discuss Alternate Platforms.
Disclaimer: Consult the office of the California attorney general and your own legal counsel in order to verify you are in compliance with the law.
If we re-examine our definition a “carbine is created by taking a full-sized rifle and making it more portable usually by decreasing the size and weight”. This definition includes rifles which are not semi-automatic. Here are few California legal carbines that are not considered ‘assault weapons’ because they use alternate platforms:
Single Shot Carbines
Whether the rifle is bolt-action, break-open or straight-pull, a single shot rifle is not considered a semi-automatic and therefore not considered by the state of California as an ‘assault weapon’. Normally, single-shot rifles have a magazine well that is cut down or completely removed.
DPMS/Panther Single Shot AR
Barrel: 20″ Length w/A2 flash hider (birdcage), 4140 chrome-moly steel heavy barrel
Chamber: 5.56×45mm/223 Remington
Operation: Manual rotating bolt
Weight: Empty – 8.7 lbs.
Length: 38 1/4″
Action: No Mag Well, Single shot reload
Bolt-action Carbines
Bolt-action carbines are highly effective as they are usually quite accurate and normally fire a full-size high power rifle cartridge with ease. As the reload is manual, they too are not considered ‘assault weapons’ by the state of California.
Savage 10 FCM Scout
Caliber: 308 Winchester/7.62 x 51mm
Length: 20.5″ (barrel) 39.75″ (overall)
Weight: 6.65 lbs
Magazine: 4-round box magazine
MSRP: $799.00
Lever Action Carbines
Portable, lever action rifles have served as effective carbines for more than a century. The manual action makes them California legal.
Marlin Guide Gun
Caliber: 45/70 Gov’t.
Capacity: 4-shot tubular magazine
Action: Lever action; side ejection; solid top receiver; deeply blued metal surfaces; hammer block safety.
Stock: American black walnut straight-grip stock; cut checkering; ventilated recoil pad; tough Mar-Shield® finish; swivel studs.
Barrel: 18.5″ with deep-cut Ballard-type rifling (6 grooves).
Overall Length: 37″
Weight: 7 lbs.
MSRP: $600.00
Internal Magazine Well Carbines
Whether by original design or by modification, internal magazine well rifles cannot accept a detachable magazine and are therefore not deemed ‘assault weapons’ whether they are semi-automatic or not. A carbine with an internal magazine well is usually loaded by manually opening the breach and loading the magazine one by one or with the use of a stripper clip. Several internal magazine well rifles have been effectively used by militaries throughout the world.
Bushmaster Carbon 15 “Top Loader” Carbine
Caliber: 5.56mm or .223 Rem.
Magazine Capacity: 10 Rounds (Internal Magazine)
Overall Length: 37” [93.98 cm]
Barrel Length: 16” [40.64 cm]
Weight unloaded: 5.8 lbs. [2.63 kg]
Mode of Operation: Gas Operated/Semi-Automatic
“The unique Carbon 15 “Top Loading” Model has been developed specifically for the California market (and other States with similar restrictions). It offers traditional AR-15 type features, rugged Carbon Fiber composite molded Receivers for light weight and durability, and a 10 Round Internal Magazine – loaded by simply pushing in the Receiver Takedown Pin and then pivoting open the Receivers. This exposes the Internal Magazine components – which are permanently fixed in position within the Lower Receiver. Then cartridges can be inserted into the Magazine Feed Lips in the same manner as any removable AR-15 type Magazine. Internal Magazine capacity is limited to 10 Rounds, and the bottom of the Magazine Well is sealed.”
Pump Action Carbines
Although found most frequently as a feature on shotguns, pump action rifles have been around for more than a century and exist on modern rifle platforms.
Remington 7615
Caliber: 223 Remington
Mag. Cap. 10
Barrel Length: 18 1/2″
OA Length: 38 1/2″
Avg. Wt. (lbs.) 7 1/8
MSRP: $955
Deneki Outdoors would like to remind us that photographing a trophy fish enriches the fishing experience.
Deneki Outdoors photographer-guide, Cameron Miller shows us how to photograph a trophy fish.
‘Fish Hard, Rest Easy’
The Grand Canyon state would like to join Alaska and Vermont as being the only states in the union that allow concealed carry without a government issued permit and the New York Times does not approve!
“Arizona’s permissive gun laws gained national attention last year when a man openly carried an AR-15 rifle to a protest outside a speech by President Obama.”
*Can you believe the nerve of the guy?!…exercising his constitutional rights in the presence of the man sworn to defend the U.S. constitution?! Does he think he lives in America or something?!*
Now, gun rights advocates are hoping for even fewer restrictions on where they can have a firearm. Among their top goals is to make Arizona the third state where it is legal to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. Bills in the House and the Senate would also eliminate background checks and training classes for people to carry hidden guns. ”
While we believe it is in the interests of all citizens to expand gun liberties, it is ultimately a question for the good people of Arizona to decide and not Appletini-sipping editors of a dying medium that seldom leave Manhattan and couldn’t tell a carbine from a concubine.
State Senator Russell Pearce of Arizona, left, says gun laws are only “handcuffing good people.”
…right of the people…
In a society that increasingly values hedonism over individual virtue, the Boy Scouts of America stands out as the USA’s greatest force for building virtuous men. This year the BSA celebrates it’s centennial.
“They are young symbols of virtue: honest, trustworthy, doers of good deeds and builders of campfires. For a century, the national organization Boy Scouts of America has been living its pledge to do its duty for God and country.
Scouts celebrate 100 years of camping, character building and serving others.Scouts camp, hike and earn merit badges in wilderness survival, computers, farm mechanics, chemistry and more. But while most of Scout activities center on having fun outdoors and exploring nature, these experiences are meant to build character, self-reliance and citizenship. ”
The Scout Motto:
“Be Prepared”The Scout Slogan:
“Do a Good Turn Daily”The Scout Oath:
“On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.”The Scout Law
“A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.”The Outdoor Code
“As an American, I will do my best to be clean in my outdoor manners, be careful with fire, be considerate in the outdoors, and be conservation-minded.”The Scout Sign
“The middle three fingers are raised and the tips of the little finger and thumb joined, with the upper arm held horizontally and the forearm vertically.”The Scout Salute
“The hand is held in the same position as in the Scout Sign, with the pointer touching the forehead or hat brim. This is a modification of the salute used by militaries around the world.”The Scout Handshake
This is the traditional handshake done with the left hand instead of the right. Several conflicting reasons have been given for this modification
-The left hand is closer to one’s heart.
-A soldier must keep his right hand free to grab his weapon.
-In warfare using simple weapons (practiced in the medieval period, as well as by southern African tribes which Baden-Powell met), a warrior carries a shield in his left hand. To shake with the left hand, he must drop his shield, indicating good faith.The BSA Scout Oath and Law have remained unchanged since they were first developed in 1910.
When you think of Phoenix, fishing is not the first activity that comes to mind.
City Limits Fishing with Mike Iaconelli shows us different.
In California Legal Carbines (part 1) we discussed California laws regarding carbines and some of the legal carbines available to consumers in the golden state. Today we will discuss legal carbine modifications.
Disclaimer: Consult the office of the California attorney general and your own legal counsel in order to verify you are in compliance with the law.
Since one of the ways the state of California defines an ‘assault rifle’ is by feature and therefore illegal, modifying a carbine to remove the banned feature is a method to comply with the AWCA. Here are a few legal rifle modifications:
Stock Modifications
One way to avoid the banned feature defined as “a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon” is to modify the stock so it does not use a pistol grip.
The Monte Carlo Stock
If you convert your pistol-grip stock into a ’straight’ or ‘Monte Carlo’ stock, you comply with California law.
The U15 Modified Stock
Another legal modification is to turn the stock ’straight’ and to make sure it does not “protrude conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon”
Monster Man Grip
Yet another stock modification is to make the stock handle a protrusion from the ’straight’ stock.
*Update*
Exile Machine ‘Hammerhead’
Another good stock modification is the Exile Machine stock adapter/grip.
This device helps affix a standard buttstock to the rear of the rifle normally used for a pistol grip. A good cheek-weld is maintained by attaching a recoil spring tube and due to the narrow design, a proper firing grip is established with adequate reach to the trigger.
Detachable Magazine Modifications
If your rifle is modified so you cannot eject a magazine then it no longer has the feature of being a “semiautomatic, centerfire rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine” and is therefore not legally an ‘assault weapon’.
Bullet Button
The bullet button is a device that modifies a carbine so the magazine cannot be ejected without a tool.
“The BULLET-BUTTON is a product that allows the shooter to drop a magazine with the use of a tool. It prevents finger manipulation of the mag release, and creates a condition allowable under CURRENT INDIVIDUAL INTERPRETATIONS of California law.
This does not create a detachable mag situation, but creates an attachable-fixed magazine condition. A bullet tip can be used as the tool, as can any small object such as Allen wrench, or small screwdriver.
This button CAN NOT be used with magazines greater than 10 rounds in capacity. To do so in the state of California on an unregistered assault weapon, would be a felony.
The BULLET-BUTTON installs in less than a minute, requires no gunsmithing, or cutting on any part of the rifle. The installation is not permanent, and can be reversed just as quickly.”
The Bullet Button magazine lock is also available for AK-type rifles
Prince-50
The Prince-50 is a device which ‘locks’ a magazine in the magazine well with an allen wrench.
Non-centerfire Rifles
Since we defined a carbine as a rifle which uses full-sized rifle ammunition in part 1, portable rifles that fire non-centerfire ammunition like the 22 long rifle caliber are not covered by this discussion.
